The ASCLME project is driven at policy and strategic level by a Project Steering Committee (PSC) which comprises a core membership including one representative from each project member country and one representative each of:

the project managers of the regional sister projects SWIOFP and WIO-LaB

the Regional Coastal Management Programme of the Indian Ocean Countries (ReCoMaP)

Somalia has special status as a country observer. Additional observer members may be agreed to by the PSC core membership. This could include donor agencies providing co-finance (e.g. France, Norway) and technical agencies (e.g. NOAA, FAO).